Lifter.



P. W. GLYMPS, LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1909.

957,463, Patented May 10, 1910.

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FRANK W. GLYMPS, OF SHINGLEI-IOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OFNINE-TENTI'IS 'IO E. E. PETERSON, OF SI-IINGLEHOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA AND G.M. CORWIN, OF

LIFTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, FRANK W. GLYMrs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shinglehouse, in the county of Potter and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lifters, ofwhich the following .is a specification.

This invention relates to lifters, the object of the invention being toprovide a lifting device for handling pie plates, kettles and the like,being designed to facilitate the insertion and removal of pie plates inan oven and the lifting and tilting of kettles in order to drain off theliquid contents thereof.

The device is also susceptible of other uses which will readily suggestthemselves.

To the above end, the invention consists of a lifter of the classdescribed embodying certain novel features and details of constructionand relative arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of thelifter, showing a pie plate in dotted lines held thereby. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof, showing there lation thereof to a. kettle.

The lifting device is composed of two suitable lengths of wire forming apair of frames having a hinged connection with one another. One of theseframes comprises substantially parallel side bars 1 which are connectedat one end by a cross bar 2 adjacent to which the frame is formed withU- shaped hooks 3 adapted to engage the edge or rim of a pie plate orkettle, as shown, respectively, .in Figs. 1 and 3. The side bars 1 at apoint intermediate the length thereof are bent to form eyes f for thereception of oppositely projecting pintles 5 on the other frame, thesaid construction forming a pivotal and hinged connection between thetwo Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 24, 1909.

Patented May 10, 1910.

Serial No. 514,345.

frames as best illustrated in Fig. 1. The side bars 1, at the end of theframe opposite the cross bar 2 are turned inward as shown at 6 andinserted in the opposite ends of a hollow or tubular handle 7 The otherframe also comprises side bars 8 substantially parallel but locatedsufliciently closer together to enable them to lie and work between theside bars 1 of the frame above described and as clearly shown in Fig. 2.This second frame is also provided at one end with a cross bar 9 and isalso bent to form the pintles 5 above referred to. At their oppositeends the side bars 8 are bent inward as shown at 10 and inserted in theopposite ends of another collar or tubular handle 11, a handle beingthus provided with each of the frames. At a point intermediate theirlength, the side bars 8 are crimped as shown at 12 thereby formingnotches 13 and shoulders 14, the shoulders 14 being adapted to engagethe opposite side of a pie plate or the like, as indicated in Fig. 1,while the notches 13 are adapted to receive and engage the bail 15 of akettle 16 as shown in Fig. 3.

I claim A device of the class described comprising two oblong opencenter frames each composed of wire, one frame being bent to form eyesand the other being bent to form pintles at one end which fit into saideyes and form a hinge oint between the two frames, one frame beingprovided at one end with a pair of notches and the other frame beingprovided intermediate its ends with notches, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK W. GLYMPS.

WVitnesses:

DE G. VAN DE Bon, W. T. PALMER.

